Senior Specialist – Programmes

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure is seeking a Senior Specialist – Programmes in Moradabad, India. The role involves supporting the design, implementation, and monitoring of projects related to disaster response and recovery, capacity building, and technical assistance. Key responsibilities include strategy development, project evaluation, stakeholder management, and administrative support for meetings and conferences. A Master's degree in a relevant field is required.
Senior Specialist – Programmes

Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

New Delhi, India

Two Vacancies

Job Summary

The Senior Specialist - Programmes will support the creation, design, implementation, and monitoring of studies and provide technical support relating to projects. This includes disaster response and recovery support; innovation, institutional, and community capacity-building assistance; and standards and certification.

Key Responsibilities
• Support in developing strategies for technical assistance and cooperation for respective domain/sectoral initiative in consultation with relevant government agencies, developmental partners, and other stakeholders.
• Actively participate in programming and network activities, capacity development, knowledge sharing, staff mentoring, and updating the latest developments and issues related to respective domain and CDRI member countries.
• Support identifying, preparing, appraising, and documenting projects/technical assistance to CDRI member countries.
• Lead the monitoring, periodic review, and progress reporting of project/program implementation, compliance with workplans and budgets, and achievement of desired project/sector outcomes.
• Evaluate quality and consistency of reports, project documents, minutes, project briefs, back-to-office reports, and communications related to projects/programmes and respective domains.
• Evaluate compliance of projects with CDRI's policies, programme and operations manuals, project administration instructions, and assistance-related documentation.
• Support developing and delivering assistance project/program pipeline by utilizing domain/sector's knowledge and experience.
• Create and maintain detailed activity workplans, budgets for programme, and contribute to monthly/quarterly/annual planning, budgeting, and reporting.
• Support and contribute to planning and documenting team progress meetings according to programme's activity plan.
• Prepare and monitor resourcing, quality, and risk management plan, in addition to managing contracts to ensure timeliness and quality of outputs (consultants, service providers).
• Support Lead - Programmes in stakeholder management and overall programme coordination, and perform other duties as assigned and reflected in workplan.
• Support task force, fact-finding, and appraisal missions, including but not limited to, review of project/program designs, liaison with government officials, data and project/program costing, and implementation arrangements.
• Provide administrative and substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., including proposing agenda topics and content, identifying and proposing participants, preparing background documents and presentations, handling logistics, etc.
• Help organize, contribute to, support, and participate in meetings, conferences, seminars, and workshops, including country missions.
• Coordinate and support other CDRI teams/programmes for management of consultants, contracts, editing and design of technical documents, inputs for website/social media and institutional development, etc.

Requirements

The ideal candidate should have:
• Masters degree in Architecture, Engineering, Infrastructure Planning, Transport Planning/Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Applied Sciences, Actuarial Sciences, or Economics.
• International education shall be an added advantage.
• 8-10 years of experience in a relevant position at national or international level.
• Specific experience in critical infrastructure sectors, resilience, and disaster risk reduction within essential sectors of infrastructure shall be given additional weightage.
• Experience of working in international organization and with diverse number of partners comprising Governments, UN, multi-lateral systems, industry, financial institutions, and knowledge and research institutions in multi-country locations is required.

Skills and Abilities

The candidate should possess:
• Expertise in one or more of the following Critical Infrastructure domains viz. Power, Telecommunications, and Transport.
• Experience in developing technical documents and proposals on disaster and climate-resilient infrastructure.
• Proven experience in strategizing, developing, and implementing projects for international organizations in public or private sectors of developing countries.
• Contributing to proposals, cost estimations, scope of work, and tender documents while involving stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills; Flexibility in demanding situations.
• Excellent research and technical writing skills in English.
• Ability to work independently, deliver timely and quality products; Proficiency in project management software, MS Office, and related applications; Experience in data analysis and big and GIS data.
• Working with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
• Skills in project development, implementation, and management.
• Multitasking, attention to detail, and ability to perform under pressure.
• Knowledge of disaster risk reduction and climate change concepts/frameworks, SDGs, Sendai Framework for DRR and the Paris Agreement.
• Working with governments, international organizations, and alliances on multi-city initiatives.

Language Requirements

(1) Fluency in English, both oral and written.

(2) Knowledge of any of the UN's official languages will be an asset.

Location

CDRI Secretariat, New Delhi, India

Contract Duration

Fixed Term Contract (3 years), extendable for up to another 3 years.